Wednesday, December 14, 2011
- CRA 2011 SCORECARD RELEASED - ONLY 14 LEGISLATORS GET AN "A"
- HIGH SPEED RAIL BOONDOGGLE GOES UNDER MICROSCOPE OF KEY HOUSE PANEL
- CALIFORNIA'S MATHEMATICAL MALADY, THE 99 PERCENT
- SDUT: $1 billion state cut goes easy on schools
- SacBee: List of Trigger Cuts
- CalCap: As Expected, Lower-Than-Hoped Cash Triggers $1 Billion Budget Cuts
- RivPE: Midyear cuts spark protest
- LAT: $1 billion in state budget cuts to kick in soon
- LAT: Jerry Brown slashes higher education spending, disabled services
- LAT: Jerry Brown to order new round of California budget cuts
- VCS:Brown pulls trigger on $1 billion in new state cuts
- VCS:Colleges and schools hit by midyear cuts
- SFChron: Jerry Brown announces $1 billion in spending cuts
- SacBee:Los Angeles schools to sue California over bus cut
- SacBee:L.A. schools are going to sue the state over the cuts to busing programs.
- SJMerc: Gov. Jerry Brown pulls trigger: Colleges, schools and services for elderly and disabled hit
- SFChron: Biggest loser in state's 'trigger cuts'
- SacBee: Gov. Jerry Brown announces deeper cuts to California colleges and child care
- SBSun: Higher education braces for even less money
- SLO Trib: Stanford study pegs California pensions' shortfall at $500 billion
- SacBee: Stanford study says public pensions must be curbed in California
- LAT: State Treasurer Lockyer quits pension advisory panel in protest
- NOTES FROM THE POLITICS DESK: Lockyer resigns think tank post
- CCT Political Blotter: Lockyer quits pension study panel, blasts report
- SDUT: High-speed train outfit to let P.R. contract expire
- OCReg:Cost to tout train that may never be: Millions
- SacBee: California High-Speed Rail Authority forgoes public relations contract
- FresBee: High-speed rail board OKs hybrid Valley route
- CalWatch: State rail authority will let PR contract expire
- SacBee: Alyson Huber, dealing with divorce and default, won't seek California Assembly seat
- Politico: Grand jury investigating Solyndra
- CalPensions:CalPERS surprise: smaller rate hike for local plans
- CalWatch: Farmers slow to adopt controversial pesticide
- CalWatchdog: NEW: Lawsuit Aims At 'Open Carry' Gun Ban
- CCTimes: Open Carry gun rights activists to gather at Concord mall
- CalWatchdog: NEW: Initiative Would Restore Citizen-Legislators
- SFChron: State attorney general launches eCrime Unit
- LAT: Audit faults state health officials on Medi-Cal oversight
- LAT: Legislature to hold hearing on UC Davis pepper-spraying
- OakTrib: State hearing will examine police response to student protests at UC, Cal State
- SacBee:AM Alert: UC campus protest procedures up for discussion
- SFChron: Senator wants free textbooks for college students
- SDUT: Sweets on the loose at San Diego schools
- OCReg: Elite group accounts for 24% of political donations
- SDUT: Feds push for talking, texting ban in cars
- DesSun:Safety agency urges full ban on driver cell phone use
- SacBee: Feds urge states to ban texting, talking on roads
- SFChron: NTSB: Cell phones shouldn't be used while driving
- LAT: L.A. council members call for more control over housing authority
- SanGabTrib:Former Mt. SAC fire chief pleads no contest, released from jail
- LAT: With illegal immigrants in mind, LAPD to change impound rules
- IVDB: Guzman, Rothman sworn in to seats on the Pomona Unified board
- LAT: L.A. school board ends preference practice at charter schools
- LAT: Los Angeles County seeks more amnesty for ticketed drivers
- OCReg:Demotions, pay cuts ordered for county executives
- OCReg:O.C. vs. state: Schools caught in middle
- OCReg: 2 options proposed for San Clemente dog beach
- OCReg: Audit: Higher water rates needed to ease San Juan utility woes
- RivPE: S.B. COUNTY: Budget impasse ends
- IVDB: SB Supes get fourth vote on budget changes
- RivPE: S.B. COUNTY: Derry vote still in limbo
- RivPE: S.B. COUNTY: Reform proposals introduced
- RivPE: AIRPORT: Hangar landlord files for Chapter 11
- RivPE: REDLANDS: Sales tax revenue up slightly last spring
- RivPE: COLTON: Teachers approve labor contract
- DesSun:Board seeks study on how to disburse solar fee revenue
- DesSun:Coachella declares impasse on contract talks with union
- RivPE: Medical pot facilities face lawsuits
- DesSun:Board gives attorneys go-ahead to sue dispensaries in unincorporated areas
- RivPE: RIVERSIDE: Second ambulance service rejected
- DesSun:New developer trying to get rehab center up and running
- RivPE: RIVERSIDE: Panel to review high school facilities bids
- RivPE: JURUPA VALLEY: Meeting set to discuss lost state revenue
- RivPE: TEMECULA: Businesses to be warned about illegal immigrants
- RivPE: TEMECULA: Water district installing solar panels
- RivPE: HEMET: Hundreds to lose some, all of pension
- VOSD: Labor Leaves Out Lightner
- SDUT: Hueso hurt building ship replica, but will be OK
- VOSD: City Schools Still Face Big Deficit
- NCTimes: SAN MARCOS: Council cuts pensions, freezes pay to close $5 million budget gap
- NCTimes: ENCINITAS: Barth supporters protest as Stocks, Gaspar picked for top posts
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The Golden Pen
SDUT: Budget relief doesn't change big picture - SacBee: Viewpoints: UC, CSU leaders show a tin ear on executive salaries
- ModBee: Cannella reflects on successes, setbacks in first year as senator
- NCTimes: FORUM: U.S.-Mexico border a far cry from secure
- NCTimes: EDITORIAL: Free the Postal Service
- RivPE: STATE: Stem-cell drain
- OCReg: Editorial: Boeing double-teamed by union, NLRB
- LAT: The City Council's casual hypocrisy
- F&H Daily:Poll Finds Support for Tax Increase - For Now
- SCS:As We See It: Saving the coast: Cemex deal provides new model for conservation
- HumEvnts:The Moral Case For Capitalism
- Townhall: Job Creators Fighting Back
- BakCal: Attend tonight's meeting and weigh in on high-speed rail
- WSJ: Regulation for Dummies
- FresBee: Cardoza rips Obama, says he's 'arrogant' and acts like a professor instead of a president
- FresBee: DENNIS CARDOZA: Lawmaker blasts Obama
- SacBee: Good budget news complicates Jerry Brown's bid for tax boost
- RC: Tenure for Teachers: Enough is Enough
- Townhall: Economic Fairness
- F&H Daily:Give the California Economy a Chance to Flourish Instead of Raising Taxes
- VCS:Herdt: How 'likely' is state GOP to succeed?
- HumEvnts:Your Transportation Tax Dollars at Work: 100K for Toll Collectors
- NatlRev: Do We Need Leviathan?
- NatlRev: D.C.'s Forgotten Funds
- BigGov't:Illinois School Board Plays Hardball with Teachers Union, Saves District from Financial Ruin
- BigGov't:California's Anti-Business Policies Impoverish All But the Top 25% of Wage Earners
- SacBee: Sacramento City Council votes 7-2 for arena funding's parking plan
- SacBee: New carpool lane opens in time for evening commute to El Dorado Hills, Rancho Cordova
- SacBee: Two Placer County officials announce their retirements
- SacBee: Parents, staff on edge about Sacramento City Unified's proposed school consolidations
- OakTrib: Light sculpture to add new luster to Bay Bridge
- SFChron: PUC adopts CleanPowerSF program of all-green power
- OakTrib: Oakland enacts five-minute 'grace period' on expired parking meters
- CCTimes: Former mosquito killing agency workers charged with embezzlement
- CCTimes: Oakley gives popular diner rent relief
- CCTimes: Sandre Swanson will challenge Loni Hancock for state Senate
- SacBee:Sandre Swanson to challenge Loni Hancock for state Senate
- CCT Political Blotter: ACLU loses in court vs. OPD, declares victory
- OakTrib: Danville mayor will seek county supervisor office
- CCTimes: Occupy shutdown costly for Oakland port
- CCTimes: Santa Clara approves 49ers stadium deal; fate in NFL's hands
- SFChron: 49ers stadium plan wins
- SJMerc: San Jose City Council endorses Team San Jose
- BakCal: Report alleges longtime fraud in BCSD departments
- BakCal: County rethinking future of animal control system
- ModBee: Stanislaus sheriff changes course on jail
- BakCal: Supervisors vote to apply for jail money -- but express concerns
- FresBee: Suit: Fresno County inmates face needless dangers
- FresBee: Swearengin pushes for private trash pickup in Fresno
- FresBee: 9% pay cut ordered for Fresno County prosecutors
- SCS:Santa Cruz City Council OKs five-year water planning update
- SCS:Veteran police officer seeks reinstatement after firing: Watsonville commission finds termination 'unfounded'
- SLO Trib: Survey shows SLO sales tax support
- SLO Trib: County supervisors OK Los Osos sewer oversight contract
- OakTrib: Roadshow: Toll lanes for Highway 156?
- VCS:Bill-de la Pena named Thousand Oaks mayor pro tem, Jacqui Irwin tapped as mayor
- VCS:College board re-elects top leaders
- VCS:Moorpark might change ordinance on filling vacant council seats
- VCS:Mosler quarry heads for showdown before county Planning Commission
- VCS:Thousand Oaks mayor highlights active year in state of city
- VCS:Port Hueneme wrestles with how to repair roads